Peter M. Rivera

Peter M. Rivera (12 November 1946-) was a Democratic politician from The Bronx who served as an Assistant District Attorney, as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 76th district from 1993 to 2012 (succeeding Aurelia Greene and preceding Micah Kellner), and as the New York State Commissioner of Labor from 2012.

Biography
Peter M. Rivera was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 12 November 1946, and he went to college in the United States. He began his career as a patrolman and detective with the NYPD in the South Bronx, and he later became a DEA agent. After graduating from law school in 1975, he became an Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide Bureau of the Bronx District Attorney's Office, and he entered private practice in 1978. In 1990, he was hired to defend Raymond Santana in the Central Park jogger case, and his client was ultimately defeated due to the public's use of coerced statements against them. In 1992, Rivera was elected to the State Assembly, and he resigned in 2012 to serve as the State Commissioner of Labor.